2000 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

2000 UK local government election April 2025 December 2013 The 2000 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/103.stm Sandwell BBC News 13 February 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 55 Liberal Democrat 10 Conservative 6 Independent 1Local council results 6 May 2000 Financial Times 6 Campaign Before the election Labour ran the council with 58 councillors compared to 9 Liberal Democrats, 3 Conservatives and 1 independent, with 1 Labour seat being vacant.Hope for a better turn-out 5 April 2000 Birmingham Mail 13 The vacant seat was in Oldbury ward, after the former councillor, Mohammed Niwaz, was convicted of fraud the previous December.https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-61901998/the-battle-for-power-evening-mail-spotlight-on-the The battle for power; Evening Mail spotlight on the issues involved as voters go to the polls in the local elections. 3 May 2000 Birmingham Mail 2020-09-03 Questia subscription https://web.archive.org/web/20200903135409/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-61901998/the-battle-for-power-evening-mail-spotlight-on-the England 14 February 2011 Among those who were defending seats in the election was the leader of the council, Tarsem King, in West Bromwich Central ward.Hang on to your seats as election fight begins Luck Deborah 4 May 2000 Birmingham Post 4 Both the Liberal Democrat and Conservative parties were hoping to make gains after some recent school closures, as well as dissatisfaction with the national Labour government. The Liberal Democrats were hoping to gain Hateley Heath, after having won a seat there in a by-election the previous November, and Oldbury. Meanwhile, the Conservatives aimed to take Wednesbury South and were defending Charlemont after the councillor defected to them from the Liberal Democrats. Labour defended their record, pointing to the lowest council tax rise in the region, and hoped to improve on recent low turnouts. Election result The results saw the Labour Party stay in control of the council, but they did lose some seats.Labour staves off challenge for power 5 May 2000 Birmingham Post 3 The Conservatives gained the seats of Old Warley and Princes End from Labour, while the Liberal Democrats took Hateley Heath from Labour. Alan Burkitt also held off the Liberal Democrats in Charlemont for the Conservatives. Sandwell local election result 2000http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/smbc/elec00.htm Sandwell MBC: Borough Council Election 4th May 2000 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 13 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20010217194913/http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/smbc/elec00.htm 2001-02-17 Election results: local councils 6 May 2000 The Times 10 Labour Party (UK) 17 -4 70.8 46.3 22,964 -8.6 Conservative Party (UK) 4 +3 16.7 34.5 17,119 +9.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 +1 12.5 13.1 6,489 -2.6 Independent (politician) 0 0 0.0 4.2 2,076 +1.7 British National Party 0 0 0.0 1.6 781 +0.2 National Front (United Kingdom) 0 0 0.0 0.3 150 +0.2 Socialist Party (England and Wales) 0 0 0.0 0.1 68 -0.2 Ward results Abbey Labour Party (UK) Ann Jaron 1,698 60.6 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ewart Johnson 764 27.3 -2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Prior 339 12.1 +1.1 934 33.3 +3.1 2,801 31.1 -0.7 Blackheath Labour Party (UK) Glenn Harris 854 43.8 -22.0 Independent (politician) Mary Docker 514 26.3 +26.3 Conservative Party (UK) June Park 441 22.6 -0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Walter Bowdler 143 7.3 -4.1 340 17.4 -2.7 1,952 21.3 +1.2 Bristnall Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Bridges 1,044 53.4 -8.2 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Hickman 911 46.6 +18.0 133 6.8 -26.2 1,955 20.6 -3.2 Charlemont Conservative Party (UK) Alan Burkitt 1,263 49.0 +21.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Wilson 795 30.8 -10.4 Labour Party (UK) David Hallam 522 20.2 -11.5 468 18.1 2,580 28.2 +0.5 Cradley Heath and Old Hill Labour Party (UK) Margaret James 986 53.5 -13.3 Conservative Party (UK) Leonard Law 672 36.5 +13.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Malcolm Wilson 184 10.0 -0.4 314 17.0 -27.0 1,842 20.0 -2.3 Friar Park Labour Party (UK) William Melia 698 50.9 -17.9 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Smith 519 37.9 +6.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Charles Simms 154 11.2 +11.2 179 13.1 -24.6 1,371 16.4 -1.9 Great Barr Liberal Democrats (UK) David Wainwright 1,077 40.7 -9.0 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Lawrence 994 37.5 +14.4 Labour Party (UK) Roy Melia 521 19.7 -7.5 Independent Liberal Democrat Christian Burkitt 56 2.1 +2.1 83 3.1 -19.4 2,648 26.8 -1.4 Great Bridge Labour Party (UK) Maureen Whitehouse 750 48.8 -11.0 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Mansell 510 33.2 +13.1 National Front (United Kingdom) James Barry 150 9.8 +9.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Burkitt 128 8.3 +1.1 240 15.6 -24.0 1,538 16.0 -0.8 Greets Green and Lyng Labour Party (UK) John Edwards 1,063 61.7 -14.2 Conservative Party (UK) Rosemarie Campbell 497 28.9 +13.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lynne Yardley 162 9.4 +1.1 566 32.9 -27.1 1,722 28.6 +6.8 Hateley Heath Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Handy 762 48.0 +17.6 Labour Party (UK) Joyce Edis 548 34.6 -19.6 Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Nock 276 17.4 +2.1 214 13.5 1,586 17.4 -0.1 Langley Labour Party (UK) Pauline Hinton 1,127 47.1 -13.4 Conservative Party (UK) Roland Hill 962 40.2 +12.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Julia Garrett 302 12.6 +1.1 165 6.9 -25.6 2,391 24.6 -0.1 Newton Liberal Democrats (UK) Martyn Smith 1,324 52.6 -0.8 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Slater 599 23.8 -6.9 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Ward 593 23.6 +7.7 725 28.8 +6.1 2,516 27.1 -1.7 Old Warley Conservative Party (UK) Karen Bissell 1,579 61.3 +18.1 Labour Party (UK) Kathleen Burns 995 38.7 -8.0 584 22.7 2,574 29.5 -0.3 Oldbury Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Taylor 1,108 60.1 -9.3 Conservative Party (UK) Bhajan Shokar 461 25.0 +10.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Diane Gorton 276 15.0 -1.3 647 35.1 -18.0 1,845 22.5 -10.6 Princes End Conservative Party (UK) June Newell 555 46.7 +26.1 Labour Party (UK) Brian Southall 533 44.8 -4.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Roberts 101 8.5 +3.1 22 1.9 1,189 12.2 +0.0 Rowley Labour Party (UK) William Thomas 1,110 55.6 -11.1 Conservative Party (UK) John Raybould 563 28.2 +14.5 Independent (politician) Fred Hadley 323 16.2 +3.3 547 27.4 -25.6 1,996 20.8 +0.5 Smethwick Labour Party (UK) Frederick Smith 1,181 66.6 -4.8 Conservative Party (UK) Beryl Hickman 591 33.4 +14.7 590 33.3 -19.3 1,772 20.8 -3.5 Soho and Victoria Labour Party (UK) Roger Horton 846 70.2 -3.1 Conservative Party (UK) Jeanette Hill 359 29.8 +9.7 487 40.4 -12.9 1,205 22.4 -3.8 St Pauls Labour Party (UK) Jagwant Gill 1,246 44.8 -7.1 Independent Labour Balkar Sandhu 1,183 42.6 +10.0 Conservative Party (UK) William Shipman 350 12.6 +1.2 63 2.3 -17.0 2,779 34.5 +4.0 Tipton Green Labour Party (UK) Ahmadul Haque 1,455 44.2 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Alison Jones 880 26.7 -1.6 British National Party Stephen Edwards 781 23.7 +6.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Underhill 108 3.3 -2.0 Socialist Party (England and Wales) Ian Barton 68 2.1 -2.8 575 17.5 +1.5 3,292 27.3 +2.4 Tividale Labour Party (UK) Douglas Parish 767 46.8 -10.4 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Hockley 642 39.2 +14.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Bradley 230 14.0 -3.6 125 7.6 -24.5 1,639 17.4 -0.8 Wednesbury North Conservative Party (UK) Nellie Collett 1,212 62.2 +2.2 Labour Party (UK) Elaine Giles 737 37.8 +1.2 475 24.4 +0.9 1,949 20.7 -5.3 Wednesbury South Labour Party (UK) Robert Evans 1,101 52.4 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Dixon 882 42.0 +5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Wilkinson 119 5.7 -1.1 219 10.4 -9.0 2,102 22.6 +0.3 West Bromwich Central Labour Party (UK) Tarsem King 1,475 61.4 -4.1 Conservative Party (UK) Anne Hughes 643 26.8 +5.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Samantha Ford 285 11.9 -1.0 832 34.6 -9.3 2,403 28.6 +0.3 References Category:2000 English local elections 2000 Category:2000s in the West Midlands (county)